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' M. R. JEWELL.

SHELF BRACKET.

No. 425,326. Patented Apr. 8, 1890'.

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M. R. JEWELLQ SHELF BRACKET.

. No. 425,326. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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ATENT FFICE.

UNITED STATES MAJOR ROMEYN JElVElJL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCHLICHT & FIELD COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHELF-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,326, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed October 14, 1887. Renewed November 11, 1889. Slerial No. 329,850. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- erectedinavertical position upon the floor and BeitknownthatI,MAJORRQMEYNJEWELL, at a distance from the wall greater or less,

of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and according to the width of the shelving to be State of New York, have invented certain employed. At its lower end this post is improvements in Shelf-Brackets, of which the seated in a fixed plate D or otherwise secured 5 5 following is a specification. to the floor, while at its upper end it is con- Various plans have hitherto been devised nectcd rigidly bya cross bar or bars E to the for supporting shelving by means of verwall.

tically-adjustable brackets. These brackets I prefer to employ in connection with each to were commonly attached to a wall orastandpost two bars E, brought together at their ard adjacent to a wall, from which they exouter ends and riveted to the post, but sepatended outward, being supported wholly at rated horizontally at their inner ends and sotheir inn er or rear ends. W hen thus arranged cured to the wall at different points by screws the Weight of the load upon the shelves 1) or equivalent fastening devices. The di- 15 tended to tip the brackets and thcirsupports verging arms thus applied maintain the upforward, so that it was necessary in the case per end of the standard rigidly in position, of shelving intended for books and for other preventing it from approaching the wall or heavy bodies to construct the brackets and moving laterally. their supports of great strength and to screw The post is preferably made, as shown, of

20 the Supports very firmly in position. T form in cross-section and provided on its The aim of my invention is to avoid cerinner edge with a series of notches or teeth 0. tain of the objections incident to the ordi- F represents a bracket, which may be of nary construction, to admit of the parts beany suitable design or configuration, with its ing made lighter and cheaper, and to prevent broader end connected to and arranged to 25 the possibility of the shelving tipping forslide vertically upon the post 0. This slidward. .ing connection may be of any suitable form,

In carrying my invention into effect I rebut I commonly construct the bracket of cast verse the ordinary arrangement. Instead of metal and unite it to the post by means of supporting the brackets upon or next to the wrought-metal straps G G, which are passed 0 wall I support them on standards arranged around the post and riveted at their ends to at a distance from the wall, so that the overopposite sides of the bracket, thus forming a hanging or unsupported end of the bracket strong and simple connection. stands nearest to the wall, in consequence of H represents a locking dog or lever, pivoted which the weight carried by the bracket at e to the bracket and provided at its for- 3 5 tends to tip the bracket and its standard toward end with a cross pin or roller f, to enward instead of away from the wall. gage the teeth of the post, and thus support My invention also consists in Various (la the bracket at the required height thereon. .tails of construction pertaining to the bracket The lever is extended inward, so that the and its supporting devices. weight of its inner end preponderates and 40 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 causes it to engage automatically in the teeth.

represents in side elevation a bracket conhen the bracket is to be raised, it is only structed' and supported in accordance with necessary to push it upward, as the dog will my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of automatically ride over the teeth and engage the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on therein when the upward pressure ceases.

5 the line 1 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of To lower the bracket, it is only necessary to the bracket in modified form. lift the end of the lever, as indicated by dotted Referring to the drawings, A represents a lines, whereby it is disengaged from the post Iioor or base, and B a vertical wall or other to lodge in the recessed inner face of the rigid vertical support. bracket, which is thus permitted to descend.

5o 0 represents a metal post or standard The lever may be constructed in any suitc I00 ble form; but it is preferably made, as shown in the drawings, of a thin metal sheet or strap doubled or bent to a U form and passed through a slot 9 in the bracket, the slot serving as a stop to limit its movement.

It will be observed that the post or standard 0 stands at a distance from the wall; that the bracket is supported wholly by this post and extends inward toward the wall, so that any weight applied to the bracket tends to throw the post toward the wall. As a result of this arrangement, it follows that the brackets may be loaded to their. full capacity Without danger of the structure tipping forward, and that proper connections to the wall may be more easily and cheaply made than under the ordinary construction, in which the entire weight tends to'throw the structure forward.

Instead of arranging the post with its toothed edge next to the bracket, as in Fig. 1, the post may be reversed and the bracket arranged to slide against its smooth face, as shown in Fig. 4:. In this case a bracket may be cast with ears h to engage and slide upon the post. The lever II will in this case be extended past the edges of the bar, so that its pin or roller f may engage with the teeth on its outer edge, as shown.

WVhile I prefer to connect the bracket with the standard in the manner shown, it is to be understood that my invention includes brackets otherwise formed and connected to the standard, provided they extend from the standard toward the Wall, as herein explained.

The connection of the brackets to a support at their forward ends is advantageous not only in the particulars before described, but also in that the adjusting devices are brought to the front, where they may be readily manipulated, and also in that the standards or posts are brought in such position that they maybe utilized as a means of supporting the doors, sash, or other front of a case or cabinet, so that the use of a special set of standards as usual for this purpose is avoided.

It will be understood that I propose to erect a series of posts at suitable distances apart, to mount any desired number of brackets on each post, and to extend the shelving of wood or metal from thebracket of one post to those of the next.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combination with awall or equivalent support, a standard fixed at a distance therefrom, a bar or brace to hold the standard away from said support, and a shelf-sustaining bracket mounted on the standard and sustained wholly thereby and projecting toward the wall, whereby the weight applied to the bracket is caused to urge the standard toward the Wall.

2. In combination with the base A and the vertical wall or support B, the vertical toothed post 0, the brace connecting said post with and holding the top of the post at a suitable distance from the Wall, and the vertically-adj ustable bracket mounted upon and sustained wholly by the post and extending therefrom toward the wall, as described.

3. In a system of shelving, the toothed post 0 and the sliding bracket F, having the straps G, and recessed on its inner faee,in combination with a locking-dog pivoted in the bracket and provided with a roller on its engaging end, substantially as described.

4. In combination with the toothed standard of T form in cross-section, the bracket arranged to slide on the toothless side of the standard and adapted to engage its edges, and the U-shaped dog pivoted to the bracket and arranged to straddle both the bracket and the standard and to engage the teeth on the outer side of the latter.

In testimony whereof= I hereunto set my hand, this 31st day of May, 1887,in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

M. ROMEYN JEWELL.

WVitnesses:

F. B. HUTcHINsoN, T. R. ALLEN. 

